Corry Area School Board trims four mills levied
Corry Area School District trimmed four mills from this year’s property tax levy after a state windfall of 265163. Budget totals rose to 4135535 with 113500 restored across ac counts while a 4500 contract for a learn to swim program faced opposition amid questions on busing and YMCA pool rental costs. Some directors urged negotiating pool terms and delaying decisions pending further review.
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Board of Education
Corry Area
William Helmintoller
Corry
YMCA
Helmintoller
Watergate Tapes Decision Rests With Supreme Court
The Supreme Court engages in deliberations over President Nixon's claim of executive privilege. Jaworski’s lawyer urged the court to uphold the lower court order for Nixon to produce 64 White House conversations. Nixon's side urged delaying until impeachment proceedings conclude as St. Clair questioned witnesses in the House inquiry. John Mitchell reportedly agreed to limited questioning on the $75,000 Hunt payment. Transcripts of the Judiciary Committee were set for release.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Nixon
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Philip Lacovara
White House
James D. St. Clair
Former Corry Man Gets Five-Year Federal Term
Harry John Bemis, 29, formerly of Corry, received a five year federal sentence in Erie for transporting a stolen car across state lines and will serve the term in a federal prison, a choice he favors over state or county confinement.
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Harry John Bemis
Corry
Bemis
Erie
John McMahon
McMahon
Arco Station
East Main Street
New York State
Gun Toter Out On Bond After Hearing
North Hills man Robert W. Lampus, 44, released on $1,000 bond after a preliminary hearing on violating the Uniform Firearms Act. Bartender alerted police at Lorraine Hotel to a man armed with a pistol. officer search found a .38 pistol in his belt, unloaded. Lampus refused to sign the form and awaits a further hearing.
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North Hills
Montgomery County
Porter Auer
Robert W. Lampus
Lorraine Hotel
Fred Corbett
Dennis Anderson
Corbett
Lampus
Auer
Route 426 Paved Honesty Prompts Caution on Speedsters
Route 426 near the city was resurfaced from Corry to the New York line by the state Department of Transportation. Officials warn drivers using the new surface as a speedway, with speeds reported up to 60 mph. A three inch drop to the unbackfilled dirt shoulder hazards vehicles until backfill is completed.
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Corry
New York State Line
State Department of Transportation
Erie County
John Fasenmeyer
County Superintendent of Highways
Journal
Fasenmeyer
Penndot
Trudeau Scores Triumph in Canadian Election Victory
Pierre Elliott Trudeau led the Liberal Party to a solid majority in the Canadian House of Commons with 140 of 264 seats, a gain of three, while Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives suffered a 17-seat loss to 95. The New Democrats fell to 16 and Social Credit to 12 as Trudeau touted strong leadership and a plan to govern without coalition partners. Inflation hovered near 11 percent, wage and price controls dominated the debate, and the Liberals swept the Atlantic provinces and Ontario, leaving the West more Conservative-leaning.
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Toronto
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Liberal Party
House of Commons
Liberals
Commons
Robert Stanfield
Progressive Conservatives
New Democrats
David Lewis
Social Credit Party
Trudeau
Stan
United States
Britain
Canada
Fried Chicken, Red Barn To Begin Soon
Promoters of a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet a Red Barn restaurant and a Stop N Go store say the projects are alive though no construction has begun on the North Center street sites. Delays stem from securing proper land titles and arranging closings, but officials say work could start anytime, with imminent completion hoped despite local rumors.
Probers To Hear Mitchell In Impeachment Inquiry
Washington AP Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell will appear before the House Judiciary Committee as White House lawyer James D. St Clair keeps the impeachment inquiry focused on a 75000 payment to the Watergate burglary. Mitchell, under indictment on Watergate cover up charges, reportedly agreed to limited questioning on his role in approving the payment dated March 21, 1978. The committee will hear Hunts lawyer William O. Bittman before examining Mitchell, and will finish St Clair's witness list with former White House counsel John W. Dean III, likely Wednesday. St Clair is challenging the charge Nixon approved the payment to quiet Hunt. One witness, Frederick C LaRue, reportedly was not as strong as anticipated, testifying that Dean called him on the morning of March 21 to relay Hunt's request for money. LaRue, ex-official in Nixon's reelection committee, said the call timing was uncertain.
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Congress
St. Clair
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Frederick C. LaRue
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Judiciary Committee
White House
John D. Ehhrlichman
Daniel Elisberg
Supreme Court
Jaworski
Watergate Grand Jury
Potter Stewart
U.S
John J. Sirica
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
William H. Rehnquist
Mitchell
Rehnquist
Sirica
Washington
Alty
Hose Judiciary Committee
James D. St Clair
Howard Hunt Jr. Mitchell
Hunts
William O. Bittman
John W. Dean
Hunt
Frederick C LaRue
LaRue
Dean
State Police Seek Escapee From Hun t ingdon Prison
Corry state police and neighboring troopers expanded a search for Larry Dee Foy 28 who escaped from a car returning him to Hun tingdon State Prison after a weekend furlough He ordered the driver to stop on I 79 near Saegertown and fled into a wooded area as a helicopter and dog team scoured the countryside but did not locate him Foy is 6 feet tall about 175 to 180 pounds with a mustache and short beard wearing a blue striped shirt blue trousers and a blue denim jacket
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Corry
Huntingdon
Larry Dee Foy
Edward West
Erie
Foy
I-79
Saegertown
Girard
Franklin, Corry
Meadville Barracks
Franklin Barracks
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